One of them was wearing a Confucian shirt, dressed as a scholar, with bright eyes and cool teeth, who is not Zhu Xiyuan? She was followed by three people, two palace maids, and a eunuch, who hung his head so low that he couldn't see clearly.

Zhu Qizhen's face sank, and he waved his hand like the guards around him, "You all go down." ”

"Yes—" The guards bowed and retreated.

"You go down too," Zhu Qizhen said to Xiao Yunzi.

"Yes, Hooray." Xiao Yunzi hesitated slightly and retreated far away.

"Plop-" Cui Rou and Jing'er knelt down and kowtowed repeatedly, "The emperor spares his life!" ”

"I'll settle accounts with you when I come back," Zhu Qizhen said with a blushing face, "You two will retreat for me first." ”

Cui Rou and Jing'er kowtowed to the emperor again, and retreated tremblingly.

Now only Zhu Qizhen, Zhu Xiyuan and the little eunuch who hung his head and said nothing were left.

Zhu Qizhen stared at Zhu Xiyuan with both eyes, and said nothing with a gloomy face.

"Brother Emperor," Zhu Xiyuan forced a smile, "why are you here." Seeing that Zhu Qizhen's face was even heavier, he felt that this seemed to be the right thing to ask himself, and hurriedly explained: "I want to dress up this way to see if anyone in the palace will recognize me, Brother Emperor, do you think I am handsome in this men's dress?" ”

"I want to see if this kid behind you is handsome?" Zhu Qizhen's eyes focused on the eunuch, and he shouted, "Raise your head." ”

The eunuch's body trembled, and he slowly raised his head.

"Sure enough, it's your ......" The moment he saw his appearance, Zhu Qizhen's face turned from stunned to shocked, and then became annoyed, that person was Yang Muyun.

"Your Majesty ......" Yang Muyun knelt down and touched the ground with his forehead.

"Brother Emperor," Zhu Xiyuan snorted and stood in front of Yang Muyun, "It was Xiyuan who brought him into the palace on his own initiative, you must not blame him." ”

"Get out of the way-" Zhu Qizhen stepped forward, pushed her away, and scolded in his mouth: "You still have the face to protect him?" You've lost all the royal faces. Staring at Yang Muyun who was lying on the ground: "What else do you have to say?" ”

"The minister deserves death, and he doesn't dare to ask the emperor for forgiveness," Yang Muyun didn't look up, "It's all the fault of the guilty minister, it has nothing to do with the princess, please don't blame the princess." ”

"You're quite righteous," Zhu Qizhen sneered and glanced at Zhu Xiyuan, "Since you call yourself a criminal minister, then I ask you, where is your sin?" ”

"Go back to the emperor...... Yang Muyun's forehead was full of cold sweat, but he couldn't allow him to think of countermeasures slowly, and said busily: "The sinner...... The sinner should not disguise himself and sneak into the palace to meet the princess. ”

"No, it's not like this, the emperor's brother ......" Zhu Xiyuan said hurriedly: "It's not that he came to see me in the palace, it's me who disguised myself and went out of the palace to find him...... He sent me back, and it was here that he bumped into the emperor's brother.

"Yes, what a coincidence," Zhu Qizhen ignored her, still staring at Yang Muyun, "Yang Muyun, you lift your head up!" ”

"Yes......" Yang Muyun trembled and slowly raised his chin, and what caught his eye was the emperor's face that had become a little distorted by anger.

Zhu Qizhen's gaze became sharp, and the corners of his lips hooked slightly, "Yang Muyun, you said that you entered the palace to see the princess without permission."

, and the princess said that she secretly went out of the palace to see you, what is going on? Who are you deceiving me? ”

"I didn't lie to the emperor......" Yang Muyun and Zhu Xiyuan said in unison.

"Shut up-" Zhu Qizhen glared at Zhu Xiyuan fiercely, "I am asking about him, if you talk more, I will have someone tie him up and send him to Fusi in Jinyi Weibei Town......" The voice paused slightly, "Do you want me to ask him, or let Jinyiwei torture him?" ”

Zhu Xiyuan's face changed, and she bit her lips without speaking.

"Criminal, criminal......" Yang Muyun saw a bleak look, so he gritted his teeth and said: "The criminal has always had a crush on the princess in his heart, and when he returned to Beijing this time, he couldn't help it, so he found a eunuch's clothes to change into, and sneaked into the palace...... As soon as I met the princess here, I was discovered by the emperor, and the guilty minister died, so I asked the emperor to surrender the crime. ”

"You have a crush on the princess?" Zhu Qizhen sneered, glanced at Zhu Xiyuan and said, "Then why is the princess dressed in men's clothes outside the palace?" Where are you going with her? ”

"This ......," Yang Muyun was speechless for a while.

"Yang Muyun, do you treat me as a three-year-old child? How dare you deceive me! Zhu Qizhen shouted.

"The sinners don't dare!" Yang Muyun lowered his head.

"I'll give you another chance," Zhu Qizhen said, "You have to tell me the truth, otherwise, hum...... You should know what happens to you. ”

"If I tell the truth, will you let me go? Anyway, the matter has come to this, I will inevitably end up with a whole body, why spare the princess again? Yang Muyun said secretly, and his heart was horizontal at the moment, "What the criminal minister said is true, it is the criminal who is dizzy, and he has nothing to do with the princess to do such a bold thing, please let the emperor know it." He added, "The princess's words and deeds are related to the royal decency, and she has never acted beyond the rules to Weichen, and the emperor must not wronged the princess." The word "wronged" bites very hard.

"You are very good......" Zhu Qizhen understood the meaning of his words, which was to take all the blame on himself, clear Zhu Xiyuan, save face for the royal family, and sighed softly, "You have to think clearly, since you admit it like this, you should know what I will do with you." ”

"The criminal understands that the criminal has never thought of passing the buck to her," Yang Muyun did not hesitate at all, "The criminal has not tarnished the reputation of Her Royal Highness the princess, no matter how the emperor punishes the criminal minister, the criminal has no complaints, but ...... Just begged the emperor to spare the family members of the guilty ministers, they didn't know the foolish things committed by the criminals, and they shouldn't ...... should not be implicated. ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed secretly in his heart and waved his hand, "You get up!" ”

"Yes." Yang Muyun stood up silently.

"I actually value you very much," Zhu Qizhen stared at him deeply, "Yu Qian has already told me about the merits you made after you set out on the expedition, and I originally planned to reuse you, but ......" shook his head slightly, "There are some things that you can't make mistakes again...... You know, if something is wrong, I can turn a blind eye; And if you commit something, even I won't be able to protect you. ”

"The criminal minister knows," Yang Muyun arched his hand, "The criminal minister has the emperor's high expectations, and he is really ashamed!" ”

"I won't implicate your family," Zhu Qizhen said slowly, "You can rest assured." ”

"The emperor's brother ......" Zhu Xiyuan

On the side, he said quietly: "Can I say something?" ”

"No," Zhu Qizhen rejected her very categorically, "He has confessed, what else do you say?" Glancing at her, "As the princess of the Ming Dynasty, you can not care about anything, but I and the Queen Mother still want the face of the royal family, and some people are more likely to lose their lives because of your willfulness." ”

Zhu Xiyuan's body shook, and her pretty face was as white as paper, "Brother Emperor, will you really kill him?" I couldn't help but look at Yang Muyun.

Zhu Qizhen was silent.

"Brother Emperor, if you really kill him, I won't ......" Before Zhu Xiyuan could say the last two words, he saw Xiao Yunzi stumbling over.

"Long live the ......"

"Didn't I tell you to step down?" Zhu Qizhen frowned and scolded: "Who asked you to come over?" ”

"Yes, yes...... Oh no, it's not ......" Xiao Yunzi was a little incoherent.

"Useless minions," Zhu Qizhen said angrily, "What's going on?" Panicking you like this? ”

"Go back to Long Live Lord," Xiao Yunzi knocked to the ground, gasped and said, "Concubine Zhou, she ...... it."

"How is she?" Zhu Qizhen's heart tightened.

"Concubine Zhou, she is about to give birth...... Xiao Yunzi said: "The queen mother just sent someone to let the slave and maid tell the emperor......"

"What? Concubine Zhou, she's about to give birth? Zhu Qizhen was stunned, and then said in ecstasy: "Quick, hurry up and swing the sedan chair, I want to go to Changning Palace!" He said and couldn't wait to fly away.

"Long live the ......," Xiao Yunzi shouted and chased over.

The sudden happy event made the young emperor ecstatic, forgot about the matter of Fang Cai, and left Yang Muyun and Zhu Xiyuan in the local area.

Seeing a group of guards and eunuchs hugging Zhu Qizhen and drifting away, Zhu Xiyuan said to Yang Muyun: "What are you doing in a daze? Why don't you go quickly? ”

"Let's go? Where to go? Yang Muyun was stunned.

"Get out of the palace," Zhu Xiyuan said hurriedly: "Are you still waiting for the emperor's brother to kill you?" You hurry up, run as far as you can. ”

"Princess, is this to let the sinner abscond?"

"Fool, where are you guilty?" Zhu Xiyuan didn't know how to explain to him, "Brother Emperor, he is angry now, all he says is angry, you go out of the palace to avoid it first, and when he is angry, I will ask him for intercession......"

"No," Yang Muyun's tone was very resolute, "The emperor has always been sincere to his ministers, how can ministers deceive the emperor, the ministers have to bear the wrong things, and they can't let the princess and the emperor have discord......" said and ran in the direction of Zhu Qizhen's departure.

"Hey, where are you going?" Zhu Xiyuan stomped her foot and had to chase after her.

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Yang Muyun followed Zhu Qizhen to the outside of Changning Palace, and the guards outside the palace gate saw that the emperor was coming, so they hurriedly bowed to the side. Yang Muyun followed into Changning Palace.

Changning Palace was busy, many eunuchs and palace maids went in and out, and when they saw the emperor, they gave salutes one after another. Zhu Qizhen waved his sleeves impatiently and entered the palace.